Bulleen (Eastern Metropolitan)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 46,740 people in Bulleen (Eastern Metropolitan) of these 48.5% were male and 51.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Bulleen (Eastern Metropolitan) was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.5% of the population.

Of people in Bulleen (Eastern Metropolitan) aged 15 years and over, 58.4% were married and 7.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bulleen (Eastern Metropolitan) was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Bulleen (Eastern Metropolitan), of people aged 15 years and over, 58.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bulleen (Eastern Metropolitan) was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Bulleen (Eastern Metropolitan) 28.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.8% were in primary school, 23.7% in secondary school and 25.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bulleen (Eastern Metropolitan) were English 15.4%, Australian 14.7%, Chinese 13.2%, Italian 12.3% and Greek 9.2%.

In Bulleen (Eastern Metropolitan), 58.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 5.4%, Italy 4.5%, Greece 3.6%, Malaysia 2.7% and Hong Kong (SAR of China) 2.2%.

In Bulleen (Eastern Metropolitan), 32.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 57.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bulleen (Eastern Metropolitan) were Catholic 30.0%, No Religion 19.1%, Eastern Orthodox 13.2%, Anglican 8.9% and Buddhism 4.0%.

In Bulleen (Eastern Metropolitan) 54.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 9.0%, Cantonese 7.2%, Italian 7.0%, Mandarin 5.7% and Arabic 2.1%.

Employment

There were 23,360 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bulleen (Eastern Metropolitan). Of these 58.6% were employed full time, 31.5% were employed part-time and 4.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bulleen (Eastern Metropolitan), 12.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bulleen (Eastern Metropolitan) was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Bulleen (Eastern Metropolitan) included Professionals 27.9%, Managers 16.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.8%, Sales Workers 11.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.0%, Labourers 4.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.6%.

Of the employed people in Bulleen (Eastern Metropolitan), the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.3%, School Education 4.2%, Hospitals 3.8%, Legal and Accounting Services 3.5% and Depository Financial Intermediation 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bulleen (Eastern Metropolitan) was $566.

In Bulleen (Eastern Metropolitan), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.1%, Bus 6.6%, Car, as passenger 4.8%, Walked only 0.9% and Train 0.7%. On the day, 10.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bulleen (Eastern Metropolitan), of people aged 15 years and over, 71.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.0% provided care for children and 12.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.1% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Bulleen (Eastern Metropolitan), 24.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bulleen (Eastern Metropolitan), 51.4% were couple families with children, 35.5% were couple families without children and 11.5% were one parent families.

In Bulleen (Eastern Metropolitan) 17.0% of single parents were male and 83.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bulleen (Eastern Metropolitan), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,633 and those without children was $2,271.

Employment status of couple families

In Bulleen (Eastern Metropolitan), of couple families with children, 18.4% had both partners employed full-time, 4.0% had both employed part-time and 21.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bulleen (Eastern Metropolitan), 92.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bulleen (Eastern Metropolitan), 86.2% were separate houses, 8.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Bulleen (Eastern Metropolitan), of occupied private dwellings 0.6% had 1 bedroom, 7.7% had 2 bedrooms and 44.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bulleen (Eastern Metropolitan), 50.9% were owned outright, 32.1% were owned with a mortgage and 14.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Bulleen (Eastern Metropolitan), of all households, 81.4% were family households, 16.7% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In Bulleen (Eastern Metropolitan), 19.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 17.4% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Bulleen (Eastern Metropolitan), 26.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 22.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bulleen (Eastern Metropolitan), there were 72 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 33 (or 45.8%) were male and 39 (or 54.2%) were female. The median age was 22 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Bulleen (Eastern Metropolitan), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,333.

In Bulleen (Eastern Metropolitan), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $100 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,517.